How I built our floor level timber decking

Our decking project is finally complete! In this video I’ll show you how we built our decking and give you some tips if you’re ever tackling a project like this. We opted for a softwood timber deck for reasons I’ll explain on a later video. If you haven’t watched part 1 yet, this deck measures around 7m wide by 3.4m deep, so about 24m2. A quick reminder for the trolls, I don’t make sponsored videos but I love winding you up.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:15 - Fitting the deck joist tape
02:05 - How long does it take?
05:50 - Install timelapse
06:28 - British weather!
08:05 - Inset step detail
12:07 - Tomatoes
12:25 - Installing the last deck boards
15:31 - Building the step
20:40 - Trim and poor timber quality
24:24 - Finishing with decking oil
26:20 - Final reveal

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[Boltonhandyman]

Absolutely beautiful job Andy. You truly are an artist

[kengoodey]

The lesson I learn from all of your videos is attention to detail. A beautiful job, as usual.

[contactjd]

You should be really proud of this Andy, very few pros will ever go near that level of detail, unless you have endless money! Top job 👌

[barrieneill]

Great video. Our deck was built before we bought house. It was slippery when wet, but pressure wash each year and No Nails deck oil applied and it’s non slippery and lasting - we have now been here 8 years. Annual maintenance is I believe the key. Especially with such a fab build ……

[Celeb-wj]

You are a very professional handyman. The deck looks so beautiful, study, and will be last long.

[ninabooker]

I respect the dedication of your two resident inspectors, Orange Marmalade One and Orange Marmalade Two. They have grown much since the remodel and extension build. Just doing a bit of binge watching on Sunday afternoon here in Indiana U.S.A. I appreciate your attention to detail. New subscriber to both your channel. ❤ God bless

[c.a.g.]

Well done Andy! I really love your videos, your attention to all the details is really valuable!

[joannbirdsong]

That is so nice. Looks close to perfection to me. We lived in a house where we could open the door and walk straight onto the deck. We loved it. You will love yours as well, for many years.

[peterlucy]

I'm sure, like me, you reviewed many ways of protecting your joists. I used this tape a couple of years ago. I had to rebuild my deck around my hot tub, 😮which lasted 16 years. The joists were rotting from the top, probably from where moisture could get to. Anyway, I made the decision to use this tape. It was quick and easy to lay along the top of the joists. I also used it to seal all the end grain of my noggins, too. It was expensive, but I feel I made the right decision from the various other methods I reviewed. I used 3 rolls. I used composite boards to top my decking. I'm only a diy-er

[malisa]

This is as close to perfection as you can get, well done!

[andyhello]

I admire the attention to detail you put into this

Decking is not something i personally like, but i admire how you did it, and the attention to detail you put into it

Each to there own, and the end result was excellent.

[phillip]

Been a while since I watched one of your videos - I don't get much time to watch these days due to my 1 year old running around terrorising me all the time 😂

Must say I really enjoyed this video. Your attention to detail is superb. Love to see people taking pride in their work.

My OCD approves of your OCD!!

[jona]

Was in B&Q last week and some guy asked if i wanted decking.

Luckily i got the first punch in...

[markgeezey]

Hi Andy, albeit from Birmingham, I live in Sweden and decking is unbelievably popular and very common over here. Much more than say brick patios. I don’t know anyone who uses this tape you have used on the joints and we have long winters with huge amounts of snow during this period, not to mention loads of rain as well. Almost as bad as Blighty 😂. As long as the wood is fully treated (impregnated) from factory and reasonably maintained over the years, it will not rot and last for many, many years. Sorry Andy but based on years of experience and much harsher weather, you have in all honesty spent £60 odd quid on something you didn’t really need. Albeit done a nice job. 👍👍 By the way Thompson weather seal does a great job of protecting the decking boards and stopping any algae and moss forming. 👍. Also no two boards are identical, so trying to get every board to line us to the mm is definitely a bad case of OCD mate. 😂🤯

[Quijibos]

Outrageous. You have fitted the deck boards the correct way up!

[smncowardyahoo]

Love Your Videos thankyou. Thanks to You I can build a bathroom for my Mum.

[normanboyes]

Andy that’s a really nice decking you have installed. I was sharing the pain on getting the boards aligned - I have OCD too when it comes to this sort of stuff. But when you are working with natural materials you know it is going to move but you cannot stop obsessing.😀👍🤣

[Pete.Ty]

👍👍👍 Looking forward to the coming videos. Thanks Andy

[Timetorelasx]

I am so grateful for you there is a number of reasons why I watch your videos first of your content is well put together from the years I Been watching second I like you as a individual your inspirational and my dad is from your neck of the woods he was a handyman like what I am but he was more on the building side of it all
I been asked to look at a deck that needs some tlc and I am glad I watched your videos on decking I have picked up some tricks and tips
For any project that will come up in the future thank you so much

Please do keep up the fantastic work you do

[idlersdream]

Great job Andy 👌, my deck has been down 20 years now, still good & I didn’t use any of that fancy tape, probably didn’t exist back then 😂 so yours should be ok I reckon 👍😄.